Since we have practically been promised a meeting of the Celtics and the Heat in the postseason, that first win will eventually come for Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh as teammates on the parquet.

It will certainly come when Wade plays his first quality game against the Celtics since the Heat have added LeBron and Bosh.

Three of Wade's four worst overall games of the 10-11 season have come against Boston. For the season, Wade has a FIC40 of 17.9 and 16.1 FIC per game. Against the Celtics, he is averaging a per game FIC of -0.3, which is clearly beyond horrible and completely unlike him.

47. 10/26 at Boston, 3.6 FIC40, 13 points (4-16 from the floor), six turnovers

48. 2/13 at Boston, 2.3 FIC40, 16 points (6-17 shooting), six turnovers

49. 11/22 Indiana, -3.4 FIC40, 3 points (1-13 shooting), five turnovers

50. 11/11 Boston, -6.5 FIC40, 8 points (2-12 shooting), six turnovers

Boston's team defense is exhausting for any star player who lives off the dribble penetration to the rim to compete against, but it still doesn't explain the extent of his struggles.

Three games can be an aberration, but if this were a seven-game series, it would be all over except for the shouting.

The Heat will need to stretch the floor against Boston to create more space for Wade to be Wade. Bosh was the choice of Wade and LeBron because of his ability to bring opposing big men out of the paint, but they also need to convert from distance against the Celtics the way they do against the rest of the NBA where they rank fifth.

Miami shot 3-16 from three-point territory on Sunday (18.8%), 3-16 on Nov. 11th, but 8-20 on opening night.

Wade is far too gifted as a scorer for this Boston nightmare trend to persist indefinitely. The difficulty of the matchup isn't going away, but with a few favorable foul calls at the rim, a few jumpers bouncing in and a couple of floor spreading corner three-pointers from Mike Miller and James Jones, we will see the Wade we are accustomed to, even against the Celtics.